From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 12:03:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9481D16A615 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 12:03:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [69.147.83.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5053843E3F for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 11:59:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kB6C0X7u095972 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 12:00:33 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id kB6C0XLw095971; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 12:00:33 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 12:00:33 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200612061200.kB6C0XLw095971@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Pete Slagle Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6398116A54B for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 11:52:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [69.147.83.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A95C43F55 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 11:43:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id kB6BiDNS075064 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 11:44:13 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id kB6BiDvN075063; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 11:44:13 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200612061144.kB6BiDvN075063@www.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 11:44:13 GMT From: Pete Slagle To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.0 Cc: Subject: docs/106416: man page, xargs option not documented X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:03:12 -0000 >Number: 106416 >Category: docs >Synopsis: man page, xargs option not documented >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Dec 06 12:00:27 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Pete Slagle >Release: 6.1-RELEASE-p10 >Organization: >Environment: 6.1-RELEASE-p10 >Description: The xargs utility accepts the -r option on the command line, but this is not documented on the xargs(1) man page. The relevant code is in /usr/src/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.c on line 166. The code file header is $xMach: xargs.c,v 1.6 2002/02/23 05:27:47 tim Exp $ The option is a no-op, and is included for "GNU compatibility" according to the source. A mention of this fact on the man page might help those who are writing scripts that are intended to be portable. >How-To-Repeat: man xargs >Fix: Add -r to the list of accepted options on the xargs(1) man page, noting that it is accepted for compatibility and does nothing. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: